Proverbs 14:2

New English Translation

²The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,^[a]
but the one who is perverted in his ways^[b] despises him.

Proverbs 14:2 tn Heb “fear of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (y^ehvah, “the Lord”) functions as an objective genitive.
Proverbs 14:2 tn Heb “crooked of ways”; NRSV “devious in conduct.” This construct phrase features a genitive of specification: “crooked in reference to his ways.” The term “ways” is an idiom for moral conduct. The evidence that people fear the Lord is uprightness; the evidence of those who despise him is the devious ways.

Proverbs 14:2

King James Version

²He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

²He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
^(A)But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

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